Western
Australia Monthly Summary: November 2006Warmest November on record

In
Brief

For Western Australia as a whole, November 2006 was the warmest November
on record since at least 1950 in terms of maximum temperature and minimum temperature.
The mean maximum temperature for WA was 2.4°C above average and the area
south of a line from Bunbury to Giles experienced maxima 3°C to 4°C
above average. The mean minimum temperature for WA was 1.83°C above average.
Rainfall across WA as a whole was near average.

Some extremes and records
for individual locations in WA are tabulated below.

Extremes

Hottest dayHighest temperature

46.4°C at Emu Creek Station on the 22nd

Warmest
days on averageHighest mean daily maximum temperature

41.8°C at Marble Bar

Coolest days on averageLowest
mean daily maximum temperature

21.2°C at
Albany

Coldest dayLowest daily maximum
temperature

17.0°C at Albany on the 1st

Coldest nightLowest temperature

3.0°C at Eyre on the 3rd and the 22nd

Coolest
nights on averageLowest mean daily minimum temperature

11.4°C at Bridgetown and Wandering

Warmest
nights on averageHighest mean daily minimum temperature

27.8°C at Troughton Island and Wyndham

Warmest
nightHighest daily minimum temperature

32.1°C at Telfer Aero on the 24th

Wettest
overallHighest total rainfall

155.8
mm at Mount House Airstrip

Records

Record highest total November rainfall

Location

Total
rainfallfor November 2006 (mm)

Previous highestfor
November

Normal forNovember

Years ofrecord

Camballin

121.1

97.0

in
1988

29.8

36

Paraburdoo Aero

37.0

33.0

in
1982

6.9

31

Record lowest total November rainfall

Location

Total
rainfallfor November 2006 (mm)

Previous lowestfor
November

Normal forNovember

Years ofrecord

Kimberley Res.Station

10.5

10.9

in
1965

60.9

62

Record highest November mean daily maximum temperature

Location

Mean daily maximumtemperaturefor November 2006 (°C)

Previous highestfor November

Normal forNovember

Years
ofrecord

Cape Naturaliste

24.4

23.8

in
2000

21.2

103

Manjimup

24.6

24.2

in
1978

21.7

68

Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Airport

32.7

32.2

in 1957

28.9

66

Salmon Gums Res.Stn.

30.1

29.8

in
1966

26.1

59

Norseman

31.5

31.3

in
1957

28.0

55

Eyre

27.6

27.4

in
1997

24.2

48

Narrogin

28.3

27.9

in
2002

25.2

38

Ongerup

27.4

27.2

in
1982

24.1

38

Narembeen

31.4

31.0

in
1982

28.1

36

Pingelly

29.2

28.4

in
2002

25.9

35

Wagin

29.0

28.0

in
2002

25.3

33

Warburton Airfield

37.9

37.5

in
1951

34.1

31

Highest November mean daily maximum temperature for at least 30 years

Location

Mean daily maximumtemperaturefor November 2006
(°C)

Most recent higherfor November

Normal
forNovember

Years ofrecord

Donnybrook

27.1

27.5

in
1943

24.7

59

Lake Grace Comparison

29.8

30.2

in
1957

26.4

49

Southern Cross

31.6

33.6

in
1957

29.6

49

Bridgetown Comparison

26.5

26.8

in
1957

24.2

48

Leonora

35.4

37.7

in
1957

32.2

48

Corrigin

30.0

30.8

in
1957

26.9

47

Meekatharra Airport

35.8

36.2

in
1969

33.1

37

Record highest November temperature

Location

Highest temperaturein November 2006 (°C)

Previous
highestfor November

Normal forNovember

Years ofrecord

Kellerberrin

43.1

on the 23rd

42.8

on
the 22nd in 1996

28.8

94

Balladonia

44.1

on
the 28th

43.1

on the 13th in 2003

27.7

77

Corrigin

41.7

on the 23rd

41.0

on
the 12th in 2003

26.9

57

Dalwallinu
Comparison

42.2

on the 23rd

42.0

on
the 12th in 2003

29.3

51

Merredin

41.9

on
the 23rd

41.6

on the 26th in 1975

28.3

40

Narembeen

41.9

on the 23rd

41.6

on
the 12th in 2003

28.1

36

Hyden

43.0

on
the 23rd

42.5

on the 22nd in 1996

28.1

34

Emu Creek Station

46.4

on
the 22nd

44.0

on the 30th in 1997

36.8

31

Record highest November mean daily
minimum temperature

Location

Mean daily minimumtemperaturefor
November 2006 (°C)

Previous highestfor November

Normal forNovember

Years ofrecord

Cape Leeuwin

16.3

16.0

in
1996

14.1

110

Bridgetown Comparison

12.3

11.1

in
2003

8.8

106

Donnybrook

13.3

13.2

in
1914

10.3

100

Albany

14.8

14.7

in
1888

12.3

90

Broome Airport

26.7

26.5

in
1990

25.0

68

Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Airport

17.4

16.7

in 1980

14.0

66

Geraldton Airport

16.2

15.7

in
1982

13.8

65

Pemberton

13.2

12.6

in
1982

10.2

65

Port Hedland Airport

24.1

23.2

in
1998

21.2

59

Corrigin

14.0

13.3

in
1982

11.2

58

Leonora

19.9

19.8

in
1982

16.9

56

Giles Meteorological
Office

23.4

22.2

in 1959

19.8

51

Mardie

22.1

22.0

in
1957

19.8

49

Bidyadanga

26.2

25.8

in
1998

23.8

48

Albany Airport

12.8

11.9

in
1972

10.7

42

Lancelin

16.5

15.7

in
2001

14.0

41

Merredin

15.2

14.9

in
1972

12.9

40

Brookton

13.3

12.9

in
1972

10.8

39

Jurien Bay

16.6

15.0

in
1982

13.4

38

Christmas Island
Aero

23.8

23.7

in 1994

22.8

34

Wagin

13.0

12.7

in
1982

10.5

34

Telfer Aero

27.0

26.5

in
1990

23.1

31

Warburton Airfield

22.3

20.9

in
1951

18.3

30

Highest November mean daily minimum temperature for at least 30 years

Location

Mean daily minimumtemperaturefor November 2006
(°C)

Most recent higherfor November

Normal
forNovember

Years ofrecord

Onslow

21.8

21.9

in
1957

19.2

45

Manjimup

12.5

12.6

in
1962

10.0

41

Beverley

13.7

13.7

in
1972

11.3

32

Record highest November daily minimum temperature

Location

Highest daily minimumtemperaturein November 2006 (°C)

Previous highestfor November

Normal forNovember

Years
ofrecord

Wiluna

30.0

on
the 28th

27.9

on the 28th in 1979

17.9

102

Mullewa

24.3

on the 26th

23.9

on
the 24th in 1962

14.2

65

Mardie

29.6

on
the 25th

28.3

on the 28th in 1957

19.8

49

Onslow Airport

28.1

on the
25th

27.9

on the 29th in 1957

19.8

40

Learmonth Airport

26.2

on
the 24th

24.6

on the 28th in 1982

18.3

32

Telfer Aero

32.1

on the 24th

31.0

on
the 11th in 1994

23.1

31

Record lowest November temperature

Location

Lowest temperaturein November 2006 (°C)

Previous
lowestfor November

Normal forNovember

Years ofrecord

Emu Creek Station

11.5

on
the 30th

12.0

on the 5th in 1975

19.2

31

Notes

This statement
has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Friday 1 December
2006. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results
will change as new information becomes available.

Normals are based
on observations from all available years of record, which vary widely from site
to site. They are not shown for sites with less than 30 years of record, as they
cannot then be calculated reliably.